Both issues are symptomatic of a country in freefall
Sasenarine Singh’s indirect answer to my question, “Is there a certification process for pujaris?” (https://kiskadeewatch.com/opinion/letters/is-there-a-certification-process-for-pujaris/ ) is that if a Hindu (person or household) contracts with a pujari to ‘perform ritual worshiping at the puja’, that pujari has social acceptance (https://kiskadeewatch.com/opinion/letters/pandit-pujari-and-imposter/ ). In other words, there is no certification system, no equivalence for example to the…